16 APRIL 1977, page 13

A Social Democrat For The New Europe

Jane McKerron David Marquand, forty-two, Labour MP for Ashfield since 1966, is the latest victim of the Westminster brain drain. His bespectacled, loping presence will shortly......

Gold Rush, Irish-style

Peter Paterson Dublin A few years ago Mr Liam Cosgrave, the Irish Prime Minister, could say, with just a trace of self-pity; 'In this country we have few natural resources......